RAT 9 - The Black Death

What year did the Black Death arrive in England?

• 1348
• 1352
• 1666
• 1432

What was the main symptom of the Black Death?

• having buboes
• having baubles
• having babies
• having a cough

How much of the population is it estimated that the Black Death killed?

• a third
• half
• 0.75
• 0.5

Which are symptoms of the Black Death? Tick all that apply

• bleeding from ears

• buboes

• sneezing

• fever

Which are religious belief of the cause of the Black Death? Tick all that apply

• miasma

• punishment from God

• sin

• God was angry

Which are medieval belief of the cause of the Black Death? Tick all that apply

• spread by rats

• Jews caused it

• alignment of the planets

• miasma

Who were flagellants?

• people who whipped themselves asking for God's forgiveness
• people who whipped themselves for fun
• people who collected the dead bodies
• where people went to for herbal cures

Why did people carry flowers or herbs?

• to avoid the miasma
• it was the fashion
• just incase they needed to give them to someone
• as people did not have deoderant

What is quarantine?

• seperating the sick from the healthy
• when you have to pay more tax
• bad air
• having buboes

Which are actions of the government to deal with of the Black Death? Tick all that apply

• cleaned streets

• stopped cleaning streets

• using quarantine laws

• leaving rubbish to get rid of the miasma